As a Home Health Nurse,you Use E-Mail to Communicate with Some

question 11

Multiple Choice

As a home health nurse,you use e-mail to communicate with some of your clients about their needs.You attend a conference for three days,and when you return,Mrs.S.is very upset because she sent you an email two days ago,and when you visit,she asks why you didn't respond,since she did not know what to do with her insulin dosage for that morning.As a result,she ended up with an overdose of insulin and in the ER.To prevent such occurrences in the future,it would be important to:

• A) Advise patients that they should not contact you with urgent concerns.
• B) Not communicate sensitive information in e-mails.
• C) Advise patients as to how long you will be unavailable for responses to e-mails.
• D) Advise patients to avoid using e-mail to discuss their needs with you.

Employ strategies to ensure medication safety and accuracy in patient identification and medication administration.

Understand the importance and methodology of using spacers with inhalers for specific patient groups.

Recognize the priority actions for maintaining medication within the therapeutic range.

Apply therapeutic communication techniques to address patient concerns about medication side effects.

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